Google Tests Displaying Services In Local Pack

Dec 31, 2020 - 7:21 am 0 by
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Colan Nielsen reported that Google is now testing showing service "justifications," which according to him Google defines as the additional labels in the local pack result. Before we saw web site mentions here, as well as other items, but now Google is testing showing "services."

Here is a screen shot from Colan:

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So as Joy Hawkins posted on Twitter, now there is even more of a reason to add your service offerings in Google My Business to your Google My Business profile.

Google My Business Services Tab

Why does Google call these things "justifications"? Here is how Colan explained it:

Forum discussion at Twitter.

 

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